"What are you talking about?" I said, anger rising in me. "There's no way you're going alone, especially not now when I hear what these leaders are like."
"Elena," Charles' voice was deep rumble, as close to a growl I've ever heard him use with me and it made me wobble slightly inside. "You are not coming. And you'll do as I say."
I could feel his displeasure like a weight pushing on me, his blue eyes boring into me. To displease an Alpha was one of the worst feelings any of us experienced. I felt my head beginning to bow, my chin turning to expose my neck in obedience.
And yet something stayed angry and on fire inside me. It wasn't allowing me to yield. It was giving me strength.
"I know you have more experience than me when it comes to this world," I said, my voice coming out in a c
